WUBI and 64 bit Ubuntu 9.10?

[Kirk Bridger]

I had the same issue - kinda.  I used wubi to install the 64 bit karmic
with no problems.  I then uninstalled it and reinstalled it.  For the
next 4 times I tried re-installing it I had the same problem - dropping
me to a grub prompt.

I then gave up and tried the 32 bit version and had no problem the first
time.  I haven't tried uninstalling/reinstalling it - I'm keeping what I
have.

So you're not alone :)

Kirk


On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 10:37 -0500, Russell McOrmond wrote:

> 
>   I have a new machine that came with Windows XP pre-installed.  Before
> I wipe it I wanted to check out WUBI  http://wubi-installer.org/ to see
> how that works as I've been asked about it before.
> 
> 
>   In my first attempt I ran wubi.exe and it downloaded the 64 bit Ubuntu
> 9.10.  I rebooted and chose Ubuntu and it did the post-install stuff.
> I rebooted again and after choosing Ubuntu I ended up at a Grub prompt.
>  I looked for /boot/grub/grub.cfg and it existed but doing a 'cat
> /boot/grub/grub.cfg' showed only <0> (IE: nulls) where the file should
> have been.
> 
> 
>   I uninstalled Wubi and tried again, this time doing 'wubi --32bit'  .
>  Everything went fine, and I got a nice duel/dual boot WindowsXP and
> Ubuntu 9.10 machine.
> 
> 
>   I'm going to try again with the 64 bit just to be curious, but I'm
> wondering if anyone else has seen this?  Is this something that should
> be reported as a bug?   Are there people who normally use Windows that
> would like to take the lead on this so I can just wipe the windows and
> set this machine up properly (IE: Ubuntu only -- and likely 32 bit given
> this machine will be used by my mom and I don't want her to have to deal
> with some of the oddities I hear about 64 bit support).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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